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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia unveils Blackwell Ultra, a family of AI chips shipping in 2025, and Vera Rubin, its next-gen chip featuring Nvidia's first custom CPU, slated for H2 2026  —  Nvidia announced new chips for building and deploying artificial intelligence models at its annual GTC conference on Tuesday.
CNBC:
GM partners with Nvidia to use Nvidia Drive AGX, Omniverse with Cosmos, and more across driver assistance systems and factory planning and robotics  —  General Motors and Nvidia have agreed to a strategic collaboration that includes the automaker using several products and artificial intelligence services …
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
Nvidia announces Dynamo, an “operating system of the AI factory” that it says can boost token output by 30x per GPU when running DeepSeek-R1 on a large cluster  —  Nvidia launched Blackwell Ultra, which aims to boost training and test time inference, as the GPU giant makes the case …
NVIDIA on YouTube:
A recording of the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote at the SAP Center in San Jose, California
The Verge:
Alphabet acquires NYC-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B cash, its largest acquisition yet, pending approval; antitrust fears stalled a $23B deal in 2024  —  The acquisition is Alphabet's biggest yet, after a $23 billion takeover attempt stalled last year.
More: Wiz Blog, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Tech Monitor, Android Police, PitchBook, CRN, Silicon Valley Business …, Reuters, Crunchbase News, CTech, Forbes, Financial Times, Semafor, Associated Press, Sharecafe, New York Times, Washington Technology, Fast Company, SiliconANGLE, TechRepublic, Business Insider, BroBible, eSecurity Planet, The Information, Reuters, Reuters, Total Telecom, The Standard, Yahoo Finance, Neowin, TechCrunch, UPI, CSO, SC Media, CTech, TechRadar, BusinessLIVE, The Economic Times, Infosecurity, Security Boulevard, Jerusalem Post, Patently Apple, TipRanks Financial, Yahoo Finance, Pocketables, Analytics India Magazine, CNBC, Newser, en.ain.ua, Channel NewsAsia, BGR, Fortune, Türkiye Today, Wall Street Pit, Channel NewsAsia, Constellation Research, Verdict, Thurrott, Barron's Online, TechCrunch, Proactive, The Cyber Express, Channel Futures, StrictlyVC, CRN, The Times, Silicon Valley Business …, Capital Brief, Ynetnews, The Verge, Investor's Business Daily, CTech, TipRanks Financial, Tech in Asia, Financial Express, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, Moneycontrol, and Wall Street Journal
Bluesky: @swiftonsecurity.com, @quinnypig.com, @anildash.com, @shmick.bsky.to, @quinnypig.com, and @brijsingh
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @harrymccracken@mastodon …, and @mttaggart@infosec.exchange.  Threads: @alexheath
X: @alexia, @alexia, @wiz_io, @probyshandilya, @ekmokaya, @jasonlk, @deedydas, @laurenthomas, @danprimack, @julianklymochko, @ingridlunden, @thomasortk, @eastdakota, @shomikghosh21, @jasonlk, @brexhq, @jumpforjoyce, @frantzfries, @alexrkonrad, @ourielohayon, @katie_roof, @ivanlevingston, @danielnewmanuv, @arashmassoudi, @vxunderground, @marktluszcz, @wiz_io, @benfritz, @rekdt, @romangold, @sequoia, @googlecloud, @pitdesi, @philvenables, @royalhansen, @altcap, @danprimack, @teddiew, and @sundarpichai
LinkedIn: Andy Price, James Berthoty, Pramod Gosavi, Sid Trivedi, and Frank McGovern
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/StockMarket, r/wallstreetbets, and Slashdot
Bloomberg:
Sources: Sequoia's ~10% stake in Wiz would net the firm ~$3B from Wiz's sale to Alphabet, a 25-fold return; Greenoaks would secure ~$2B on its ~$300M investment
Andrew Martin / Bloomberg:
Google says Wiz will join Google Cloud and that Wiz's products will continue to work “across all major clouds”, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google debuts new Search and Android health care features, including medical records APIs, and plans to release open AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma  —  Google on Tuesday announced new products and features aimed at healthcare use cases, including improved overviews in Google Search …
David Pierce / The Verge:
Eric Migicovsky unveils two Pebble smartwatches running its open-source OS, the $149 Core 2 Duo shipping July 2025 and $225 Core Time 2 shipping December 2025  —  Pebble's creator now runs a company called Core Devices, and it's getting ready to sell two new watches soon.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Llama models have been downloaded 1B times since their 2023 debut, up from 650M downloads in early December 2024  —  In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google updates its Gemini chatbot, adding Canvas, a space for users to create, refine, and share writing and coding projects, and Audio Overview from NotebookLM  —  They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Google seems to agree.  —  On Tuesday, the company added a feature …
Bloomberg:
Crusoe: Stargate's first data center complex, in Abilene, TX, will finish in mid-2026 and have eight buildings, each designed for up to 50K Nvidia GB200 chips  —  - Developer Crusoe says construction will be done in mid 2026  — OpenAI, Oracle, Softbank partnering on AI infrastructure
Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle is weighing a TikTok proposal that would have it provide security assurances and take a small stake while leaving the algorithm in Chinese hands  —  - Plan emerges as deadline nears for deal to save TikTok in US  — Oracle would offer security guarantee if China keeps algorithm
Carly Page / TechCrunch:
CISA scrambles to contact 130+ fired employees after court rules the layoffs unlawful but says re-hired staff will immediately be placed on administrative leave  —  The U.S. government's cybersecurity agency is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled …
More: CSO.  Forums: r/cybersecurity
New York Times:
Starlink is now accessible across the White House campus, which already has fiber internet, after SpaceX “donated” the service, as some cite security concerns  —  Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted …

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